SOLUTION: One estimate of the population of the world on January 1, 2005, is 6,486,915,022. The population is estimated to be increasing at the rate of 1.4 percent per year. At this rate, wh
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Question 227402: One estimate of the population of the world on January 1, 2005, is 6,486,915,022. The population is estimated to be increasing at the rate of 1.4 percent per year. At this rate, what will the population of the world be on January 1, 2025? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = population on Jan 1, 2005
In a year it will be
The next year it will be
So, the rule is: where = number of years
since Jan 1, 2005 , so
